Dane Prairie, MN is a small, rural town located in the Midwest. Despite its small size, the politics of this town are robust and have been part of the community for a long time. In Dane Prairie, residents take their voting rights seriously and make sure their voices are heard during local elections. During election season, there is plenty of debate around hot-button issues such as education funding and environmental protection. Local politicians often come to Dane Prairie to hold public forums so that members of the community can voice their thoughts and concerns directly to those who represent them. The people of Dane Prairie take pride in making sure their local government is accountable to them.
The political climate in Dane Prairie, MN is strongly conservative.
Otter Tail County, MN is very conservative. In Otter Tail County, MN 32.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Otter Tail county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.4% to 32.9%.
Otter Tail county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dane Prairie, MN is strongly conservative.
Otter Tail County, Minnesota is very conservative.
Fergus Falls Metro Area is very conservative.
Minnesota is leaning liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Dane Prairie, Minnesota: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Dane Prairie, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 371 contributions totaling $26,656 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 208 contributions totaling $28,102 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)